diff --git a/src/database/tracing_spans.rs b/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
index 247d60572..bb6641c9d 100644
--- a/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
+++ b/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ mod inner {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing-spans")]
-use inner::*;
+pub(crate) use inner::*;
 
 /// Create a tracing span for database operations.
 ///